THE registration of the London High Court judgement against former President Chiluba and 21 others in the Lusaka High Court has stalled.
Attorney-General Mumba Malila said this in an interview in Lusaka yesterday.
“Unfortunately, that has stalled after the death of Judge Japhet Banda who was presiding over the matter,” Mr Malila said.
He said this was not under Government’s control and that there was nothing much that could be done.
Mr Malila said Government was still waiting for the Judge-in-charge to allocate the matter.
Two years ago, London High Court Judge, Peter Smith reduced damages against Dr Chiluba to US$57.4 million from the US$58.3 million he was earlier ordered to pay the Zambian government in connection with the Zamtrop and BK conspiracies and for the breach of fiduciary duty.
This is according to Judge Smith’s final judgement against each of the 21 defendants in the London civil case brought by the Attorney-General of Zambia.
“Upon handing down of judgement in this matter following the hearing on June 7, 8 and 11, 2007, it is ordered that there be final judgement against each of the defendants in the following sums being inclusive of interest and credits required to be given to the claimant (Government) in respect of recoveries made,” Judge Smith’s order read in part.
The Judge also ruled that a Mr Meer, a partner in a London law firm, Meer Care and Desai, the first defendant, pay US$11.135,665.61
Former Zambia Security Intelligence Services director-general Xavier Chungu was ordered to pay US$57,261,390.72 for conspiracy and another 56,442,027.90 for breach of fiduciary duty, among others.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
Delaying tactics as usual!!
Goodmorning bro. I guess people are used to this by now. This case will never end.
Ala, Ka Kafupi ni ndoshifye mweee!
Just leave don chichi alone ,ala indalama tashakamoneke bane
Why can’t they lock this thief (Chiluba) kanshi? Twanaka nakena.
Chiluba ni ndosh first Mwanawasa atu sha Mutembo arrested Judge Banda afwa what a player
is Mutembo arrested?
Was it anormal death? Hmmm I smell rat. Rememebr the late Paul Tembo’s case, the witnesess died in a car crash.From Ndola to Lusaka, now this on the same road as Judge Banda. Hmmm gentlemen and countrymen Politics is a dangerous game but we should forge ahead and convict FTJ.
why are all my comments always awaiting moderation?
I can smell a fish here,what exactly killed Judge Banda?
I have observed that the comments on LT from people have reduced, why? The layout looks too advanced. Why did you change?
I have observed that also. Its realy difficulty to follow what people are writing. Its like they are trying by all means to trace the people who are commenting. LT just go back to the previous layouts.
It could be that LT is no longer as execiting as it used to be or its us who failing failing to move with change.
According to the last update from LT, this is not yet the final layout. The site is somehow on “probation” if you like, and LT is observing how bloggers move with the changes. Be patient, I’m sure they will simplifying it further.
Nine Chale say “you will simplify it further” because you are part of LT management
on the contrary, this works for me. it kud be complicated for the simple minded. no offence because they didnt will themselves to be that way
In the meantime the goverment must confisticate all the suites from this man and auction them. Oh no i think the sizes are wrong. Give them to street kids……….., allocate the matter to another judge. Government must also use the services of retired judges
I LIKE THIS MAN,DONT CARE ABOUT WHAT U WILL SAY
u hve every reason to love him, u r the beneficiary
You like him because you were stealing together.
You right Chiluba is a free man. You are fighting corruption sellectively. The same corruption Chiluba commited is the same Nyama Soya , Dora etc are committing and you have failed to take action. So leave Chiluba alone to enjoy His wife Regina as you enjoy your wives.
This RB administration is trying to get Chiluba off the hook. There is suspicious lack of vigour in prosecuting the cases.Recall Maila saying the government was satisfied with the pace?
There is no need to start saying the judgement has stalled. Just say some other judge is yet to be allocated the case to make the judgement
Kaliba handsome ka mudala aka.
Thats what i call growing old nicely.
Ni stress mudala,thats why he is losing hair so fast.
anyway ine i like that man.
Chiluba ukuba handsome mwebo sure, no mona ulya kwati nibombwe ba fwantikepofye pamenso pakwe……
abane chiluba baume nothing will happen the govt is just wasting more money
They are very that we lost LMP,YOU CAN CALL THEM ABAUME NOW.Come 2011 Sata will reduce them to boys.
Most bloggers have quit LT because it has become very boring. It is no longer user friendly as before despite looking better.
The Don of Zambia will walk free no matter what.
Are you a complete !mmbec!le?
Iwe that’s no way to talk to a lady! Have manners, ka.
The judiciary in Zambia is less effective and is manupilated by politicians. I like the way courts operate in Zim. Pa Zed, judges are corrupt.
Chiluba is a thief, why not send him to jail up to now?
What I’m trying to say is why should money be wasted on this case when other leaders are committing the same crimes ie. late Mwanawasa and now RB. Trying to pursue individual former Presidents will not work, what needs to be done is to change the powers of the Presidency. Chiluba had no limit to what he had access to, same with KK and other Presidents so to me it is pointless to try and pursue individuals rather, the laws and excessive powers of the Presidency need to be reduced, so let this old man go and let us use the saved money on important developmental needs. The only people benefiting from this are lawyers for not doing anything.
Are you white?/?
Bad boy,
What can you see?
are you blind??
Kaleza !
The monkey in the maize field should be face the law over his transgressions, so that all would be transgressors should learn never to deep their hands without permission in the cookie jar.
FACE VALUE THEOREM : according to JEFF KANDE – Govt owes me k 400 million
A mumbi muli tyani pela ku Zedi uko?
Kafupi alebulamofye mu cookie jar.. Abene a Wemba akuti abulilemofye! te kwiba iyoooo!!.
A mumbi muli tyani pela ku Zedi uko?
Kafupi alebulamofye mu cookie jar.. Abene a Wemba akuti abulilemofye! te kwiba iyoooo!!
Kaleza kaning’ambe!.
LT plse improve on your layout. The earlier the better. Not all have a bad site if anything this will impair our good site.
Jail that bushman from Zaire. He is becoming extremely pompus since Nyama Soya took over. When it was LPM he was forever sick. 2011 Sata will deal with you. Stay tuned
Correction,he is not a bushman but a pygmy…..from the ituri rain forrest.
i knew it.
Mulischani bane!! Awe chawama lelo !!
The fight against corruption has now become a no-holds-barred contest between the corrupt MMD on one hand and the advocates of the corrupt free nation on the other. Please God save Zambia.
The father of all thieves will never go to prison, first it was his heart and now it is the death of a judge..he is not just a thief, NINDOSHI aswell. A combination of Ubuloshi, bukabwalala and bukatoba bwama yanda, all in a little body. Small body but big aaah.
well said
The only person ( Levy ) this little thief feared most is dead so he is rejoicing because he knows that the current president is following Chilubas foot prints, so that makes it hard for any government institution to fight corruption.
Chiluba = RB.
chiluba is too clever for today’s govt, they cant manage him. when he 1st appeared in court he mentioned ‘bad’ words on LPM and nobody of our elders reminded him that in zambia we dont speak ill of the dead, not even the court cautioned him, what they are doing just shows lack of seriousness and how for granted they take us.
shakafuswa and chibomba milimo fired as deputy ministers.banda says he wil even fire them from the party.
What have they done now?
what source?
Anonymous
breaking news muvi tv,he was addresing cadres at state house today.
PLEASE LIVE HIM ALONE
Can someone quash this case and save tax payers money and time.How is this money going to be accounted for even if he pays back? Who is going to get the money?Govt?Who is Govt in Zambia?RB and Co.
I agree with people not satisfied with the new LT lay out. Please LT listen to bloggers. There’s something that has been lost, something taken out of this blog as a result of this new upgrade. Not everything new is better. I personally prefer the last layout as it was easier and faster to follow thru comments. It was also similar to the blog lay outs on BBC. This new LT is quite clumsy and it is easy for people to get lost. If possible please give us back the old one and may be just improve it, especially the issue of having to refresh the whole page just to read new comments. I have certainlly commented less as a result of this upgrade.
Some people are still walking free. What a strange system.
There is no system in Zed my dear not even a strange one! as long as you have kwacha things will run smoothly 4 you
This case has taken very long and it wont go any where. The Govt is just losing tax payers’ monies to lawyers who are now being investigated for other corrupt practices. Funny, isn’t it?
Sad story for FTJ. The zedians are partly to blame they forced the man into state house. He was not ready. Zedian lets learn to say no if we dont have the capacity, now its stumbeko fimofimo, he is no sure what to say about the kwacha, anyway bola ni 90 nimutes.
Another sad story is that RB and his cronies have had a closed door meeting and the intend to shut down the garrulous mouthpeice we know as The Post Newspaper.
In Zambia, it is not adviseble drive if you are involved in the fight against corruption. Remember Prof Alfred Chanda former TIZ president, he was onto something big, something to do with the late LPM and co and suddenly he was involved in a fatal accident in Mazabuka. Judge Banda samething. Another former minister, his car hit into a tree, I remember reading in the post that his breaks could have been tempered with, can’t remember his name, he was also onto something big. LPM’s death…The underworld in Zambia is dangerous, be careful!!! but on the other hand all this could have been natural dealths and not manufactured but will we ever know the truth? Kaya. Zona bola ni 90 minutes
Breaking news! Chibombamilimo, Shakafuswa fired
chawama what about ka mulongoti why did they leave him?
He is a loyal, the other two are critics considered as bad elements in MMD
Mulongotis is loyal to RB, the other two are critics considered as bad elements in MMD
This pygmy does not deserve freedom , he deserves to be caged prefereably at the zoo as ealier suggested , so that people can view such a rare species of a thieving monkey.
Everyone deserves a second chance. Go further.
why take cases to UK, so the task force can get more allowances. Have you seen obama chasing after bush?
Hey dont compare American democracy to Zambian ….? I dont know what call it. In American presidents are servants of the people, people can force a president to step down without any stone throwing or police being involved, while in Zambia RB is the boss of the country, he can do or decide what should be done and every jackass( TETAMASHIMBA ) will follow it. Very soon you will be eating GMO maize with the blessing of your boss ( Nyama Soya ) Please dont compare a dictatorship type of democracy to an American true Democracy, least of all comparing Obama to RB, its like comparing night and day.
Ifyabupuba sana ifi, why to just drop those cases agaist that kakabwalala…we know what he did for you during the campaigns and its pay back time…VIVA THE POST. i miss LPM’s leadership.
Deputy ministers sacked
President Rupiah Banda has with immediate effect fired Science and Technology Deputy Minister, Jonas Shakafuswa and Energy Deputy Minister, Lameck Chibombamilimo.
Mr. Banda announced the dismissal of the two when he addressed thousands of MMD cadres who matched to State House on Thursday to show solidarity with his leadership.
The President also said he would also dismiss MMD MPs who are not loyal to the party and face them in their constituencies during by-elections.
Is it tru ayi? shed more light! Ba Lt balachelwa obviously
coment reserved
IS THIS TRUE WHAT HAVE THEY DONE SHAKA ? AND CHIBOMBA?
The writing was on the wall for these gentlemen. he was waiting to be MMD president.
Guys Shakafuswa fired, and RB demanded that the POST NEWSPAPER pay back the money or face closuer……..but is it the post or M’membe? pliz spare our only independent paper.
All directors and shareholders of Zambian airways will be declared bankrapt, meaning that they will not be allowed to run any business in Zambia. in other words once Membe is declared bankrapt he will not be allowed by Law to run the Post. The Newspaper will therefore be in Limbo!! the court will infact appoint an interim mngt team that will iherit all assets and liabilities including collateral that was used to get those loans, if thats not enough then the Court will lift the vail on the directors and shareholders meaning Membe and freinds will be answerable as individuals. my intelligence tells me Membe might survive but Nchito is definately going to jail.
Engines, thanks for educating me on that one.
RB is messing up our country! Lets wait and see!
After a deep prayer in toungs, Chiluba told the people of zambia that God will crush all his enermies sooner than later, Indeed judge smith himself died, Levy died, Judge japhet banda died, Nchito is definately going to prinson and Membe while he might survive his muscle will be significantly be trimmed as he spirals into financial distress.
Hmmm,life.This small man will be ste free for along as we have RB in Power.Kannde is stealing frm Gvt through fake suppliers,why didn’t he top mines where it was easy to sully Air.The Opposition please get up and see these B****ts brought to book.Thanks to Harrington and Reuben Lifuka.
MINISTER of Finance and National Planning Situmbeko Musokotwane has attributed the cumulative depreciation of the Kwacha by 73 per cent since June last year to short-term and fundamental factors like political uncertainty and re-emergence of pricing of local goods and services in dollars. Who is responsible for checking and stopping political uncertainity? Pricing of local goods and services in dollars who is encouraging this?
lsktimea if it’s not broken don’t try to fix it. The layout is slow and lousy. the one before was better
The should just leave him balifilwa, they are just wasting time.
Walasa !
This has just been a waste of resources. FTJ will never go in ! (He will continue going in somewhere else not jail )
LT this format sucks!
LT this format sucks!
Teta and Mulongoti should also be fierd!!
Confirm this story. Its good ka
You are spot on. The two are very useless illiterates actually. Particularly, Mulongoti is such an irresponsible drinkard who is also very pompous. He pretends to be religious but the guy is such a womaniser and useless public speaker. They ought to have been fired a long time ago as they are nothing but bootlickers.
These Two are repentant. They have moved away from RB. They no longer save him with their comments. They have gone quite to allow nature to take it;s course, Self destruction of RB. He will detonate himself, wait countrymen wait!!!
#43 Is judge smith dead as well? What are your sources? Damm ba Man Chilu bakali. He must have gone Kwamununga to consultant some ‘traditional advisors’.
#43 Just checked on Judge Peter Smith, he is still alive according to Wikipedia unless you have latest info on this man, I will take your comment as a lie.
The whole thing sucks!!!Makes sad reading.
‘Those who hate us, die in road accidents.’ attributed to HE Kamuzu Banda, Malawi President (on the death of Dunduzu Chisiza, 1962)
Don’t even waste time just lock him.
It annoys me when I see that this theif is still free and arogant. Many of my colleagues died in their homes due to his irresponsible leadership. The short man is a very bad element in our society. Look at how his irresponsibility has adversely affected his children, his relatives and now he is pleasing Regina, a neighbour’s wife, would you want to respect such a person? In South Africa, they would have stoned the short man to death a long time ago.
No they would not, here they would embrace FTJ with open arms. Jacob Zuma is facing over 100 counts of corruption and yet the ANC and the general black population have endorsed him as their next president. man even his personal financial advised was convicted of fraud and corruption two years ago. man the man is about to take his wife number 6, we all wonder who is going to be the first lady….. ONLY IN AFRICA…
The midget will out live all the judges just as he has out lived levy and will later die from his under developed heard. just let the little chimp free so that he can continue humping big a.ss ladies he likes!
lol thats a nice one, but seriously all his foes have passed on we even tried to blame uncle bob mugabe for bewitching lpm.. he must have some pretty strong juju.
This case is boring now. It is taking too long.